Chapter 20 Preparations
However, Gordon looked at the excited sailor and felt that it was a vain question, maybe he couldn't tell what a whale was and what a shark was.
He rediscovered Kulic, who had already begun to call for sailors to carry muskets and fishing forks, ready to hunt the hammerhead sharks that were ignorant and chasing the fish.
"Morgan, what are you going to do?"
Kulich pulled Gordon: "This is a high-quality goods, it is difficult to meet, half of the hammerhead shark is between 3.5 and 4.3 meters, this one is close to five meters, you don't know how expensive the shark fin is recently, this shark, at least one hundred to two hundred silver coins, rare." β
Gordon, who had never seen a shark hunt before, was also very interested at this time, and by this time the boatswain Mickey had already gathered three sailors to take charge of rowing, and then stripped off his shirt, revealing his lean body.
A large number of fish flesh was cut with a knife, and the bloody smell of fish meat was thrown into the sea, attracting this bloodthirsty shark to wander here, unaware of the approaching danger.
The five-meter-long shark opened its mouth of blood, devouring the large amount of fish that the people threw from the boat, which was really indescribably terrifying.
Although Gordon was full of interest, he couldn't help but ask, "Is it really possible?" I don't want my sailor to die here, it's not worth it." β
Kurich smiled and shook his head: "No problem, it's not the first time this kind of thing, when Kling was there before, he was in charge, and Mickey also studied with him for a lot of time, and he never missed, whether it was a small toothed whale or a great white shark." β
Hearing him say this, Gordon himself began to feel a little excited.
"Want to go up and try it?" KuliΔ saw what he thought.
Gordon nodded, since he hadn't missed, of course he could try it, this kind of activity was much more interesting than the roller coaster bungee jump, it was easy to release the most primitive human instincts, bloodlust and hunting, and he could feel his adrenaline soaring.
"Mickey!"
He called out to his boatswain.
The latter turned around and shouted with a smile: "Don't worry, Captain, it's no problem." β
Gordon was speechless, so he pushed away the sailors who were blocking the deck and walked to the side of the ship, where everything was ready and the dinghy was lowered into the sea, while the sailors at the bow continued to throw all sorts of bloody fish, and the blood flowed all over the deck.
As expected, the sailors will have more cleaning to do, but they still can't contain their excitement about this primitive activity, the sailors who participate in the shark hunt can get a lot of money, and if the captain is in a good mood, hold a banquet, maybe everyone can also distribute some silver coins in the next port, stay a little longer and relax, even the chef in the cabin has already come out to watch.
The three sailors had already begun to carry various things into the dinghy, and Gordon walked up.
"Take me one?"
Mitch looked at Gordon, a little surprised that a captain would personally participate in such a dangerous activity, although the Coco's shark fishing had never had a problem, but all over the ocean, there were these large sharks, such as Kurich, who had never thought of participating in person.
"Since the captain wants to participate, of course he can, that Alan, next time, this time there are more people. Mitch said to the sailors beside him, after all, the boat could only fit four people.
Alan on the side was a little unwilling, knowing that a shark hunt could get a few silver coins.
"Captain, leave this dangerous work to us!" Alan smiled a little flatteringly, trying to salvage this chance.
Allen, one of the sailors recruited in Port Cayenne this time, had a big fight with his father before he ran out to sea, he was eager to take risks, and he was eager to prove himself to his father, and the best way to do that was to make a lot of money back quickly, and of course he didn't want to miss this opportunity.
Gordon didn't know what shark hunting would do for them, but it was clear that it was a very oily job, and almost everyone was eager to try it, and Mickey only picked the three strongest of them.
Although Gordon was the captain of the ship, and was not a pirate or a dictator, of course he had to take care of the thoughts of his sailors, so he patted him on the shoulder, and then took out a small bag of thirty silver coins.
"Shark hunting is a good thing, it's a lucky thing, everyone on this ship has a reward, you take the money, and you can add something to everyone at the next port, it's up to you how you match it." β
For the former captain of the ship, these were of course nothing, but for an average sailor, thirty silver coins was already nearly ten months' income, which definitely represented trust and reuse, at least to Allen, and if he was careful, these silver coins could be deducted by half.
Gordon settled the matter smoothly, and the people around him began to heckle around Allen, and everyone could get a share of that silver coin according to reason, and Allen himself could even keep three.
KuliΔ watched from the sidelines, knowing that Gordon had no income now, and all the money spent was out of his own pocket, and in just a few days, the sailor's expenses had doubled.
The latter ignored his murderous gaze, and instead jumped into the dinghy with excitement, and under the leadership of Mickey, began to hunt sharks.
"Captain, I must explain to you the first time you catch a shark, we will first use a fishing fork, a fishing fork tied to a small boat to pierce the hammerhead shark's body to prevent escape, but the whole boat is very turbulent, we must hold on steadily. Mickey kept admonishing.
Gordon nodded, indicating that he understood, "What else?"
Mickey became serious: "If you see a shark, you must shout loudly, as soon as you get close, shoot immediately, the ship is knocked over, and we are all doomed." β
Gordon nodded solemnly, shark hunting is not an easy task, and the Coco has not had problems before, thanks to the skilful tactics of Clint and the cooperation of the sailors.
The two sailors in the back began to paddle slowly towards the hammerhead shark, all holding their breath for fear of scaring the shark away, and finally reached a certain location, which was not far from the shark, within range of Mickey's fishing fork.
Sailors throwing food from the bow of the Pearl began to throw food farther away, preventing the shark from crashing into the Pearl when the shark hunt began, causing the dinghy to be wrecked.